PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Emong Salvacion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Pacquiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Salvacion comes to the cage accompanied by Till I Collapse. Pacquiao comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Its Time for War kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Salvacion
vs
Pacquiao

178 cm
27
166 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

169 cm
38
155 lbs
28 - 26 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

SP Ultimate Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Emong Salvacion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Manny Pacquiao!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Winston Howard and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pacquiao throws a series of punches but Salvacion moves out of range.
Salvacion half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Salvacion uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Salvacion moves away.
Salvacion changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Pacquiao misses with a wild body shot.
Salvacion moves away from the strike by Pacquiao.
Salvacion on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Salvacion avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pacquiao throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Salvacion on the side of the head.
Salvacion lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pacquiao at a distance.
Pacquiao throws a hook but Salvacion avoids it easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Salvacion misses its target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salvacion takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Salvacion shoots in looking for a takedown. Pacquiao tries to sprawl out of it but Salvacion keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pacquiao manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salvacion moves out of range of the strikes.
A punch lands to the side of Salvacion 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Pacquiao throws a jab when Salvacion was well out of range.
The fighters circling - Pacquiao throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Salvacion tries to counter with a takedown but Pacquiao is quick to defend against it.
Pacquiao misses with a combination
and Salvacion counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Pacquiao throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pacquiao listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Salvacion misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Salvacion connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Salvacion avoids a punch combination nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Salvacion misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salvacion shoots in looking for a takedown but Pacquiao manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Salvacion's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Emong Salvacion. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pacquiao throws a right and a left that Salvacion avoids nicely.
Salvacion moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pacquiao throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Salvacion drops down looking for a counter takedown but Pacquiao sprawls and moves away.
Manny Pacquiao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Pacquiao.
As Pacquiao looks to move away, Salvacion throws a big counter combo bu Pacquiao just gets out of the way.
Salvacion on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Pacquiao lands a big right hand that sends Salvacion crashing to the mat! Pacquiao stays standing though and waves Salvacion back to his feet!

Salvacion is rocked!
OH! Salvacion has been rocked by a huge right hand and is in deep trouble! Pacquiao smells blood and charges in for the finish! Pacquiao unloads a vicious overhand right and connects to the jaw of Salvacion sending him face first to the canvas! Unbelievable!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Manny Pacquiao!
A very excited looking Manny Pacquiao made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
The defeated Emong Salvacion had this to say: 'He's the better man today... I will be back.'.